Ticket handling apparatus



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TI CKET HANDLING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 22, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 llllll I! m Subcribe For This Seat SUNDAY CONCERT COURSE N D g and Agree To Pay By Occl5,|929 a Novlo Nov24 Dc.l5 JanJZ Feb 23. Mam m g a; Alam m E Address 7 1. 1214 7 cally, a ticket case constructed in accordance Patented Get. 1 l 1932 l l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE-E. JUDD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS I TICKET H.A1TTDI..I1\TG1* APPARATUS Application filed August22, 1929. Serial No. 387,719.

7 This invention relates to apparatus detions of the case shown in Figs. 1 and 2; signed for use in making subscriptions to or and selling or reserving tickets for public per- Fig. is a plan View of a ticket or subscripformanceg I tron slip of a form suitable for use 111 the i 515 F or example, it is a common practice for Case Cablllet patrons'of the theatre, opera, and the like, to ferring first to Fig. 1, the case or cabinet subscribe for tickets entitling them to a certhere shown includes three panels indicated, mi t or ,1 f a d i t d d f respectively, at 1, 2 and 3. These panels are each week duringan entire season, or for a t ly arge and are supported in upright h p 10 p ifi d Series f plays, Operas, Concerts, posltlons on casters 4. Each panel holds the th t t i t B b i ti 1 tickets or subscrlption slips, or the like, (here- :mean any form of subscription or reservalhaf'tel rfiiferl'ed to as tlckets) for a glveh tion. Usuallythe subscription is made at a en of the hall, theatre, or Ope house, relatively early date and the tickets for each 5 1t 15 131d out accordahce Wlhh h i di id l Opera, m o Concert r m il d ioor plan of the partlcular section to'wlnch 05 to the subscribers a few days before the rem exalhple h 1 Pane1 spective dates of such per plays (@011- 1 1s arranged to agree wlth the seatlng ar- "certs. Inthe course ofa season. several series ne of the floor 0c119tm Of a ofsuch entertainments may be put on at a Particular The Pan61 2 1s 1 out single theatre or opera house, the selling of Cordlhg to hhe'hoor P of the first balcony,

the tickets for all of them being handled and the P e that of the Second largely by subscription. The same method is h Ih hills 3 or arrahgehflgmt useful in handling a great variety of affairs, PO01:ets or $10453 for the gh l including educational, sporting events, and the locatlohs correspohfllhg To the 1 others i tlve seats. In other Words, the pockets cor- The present invention aims to reduce the respond in number and hrmhgemeht t0 the labor involved in handlingsubscriptions and and arrangement of seats, each selling tickets andto facilitate the selection Seat bemg .l'epresehied by a S1hg1e1P0Cket and purchase of Seats by the ppublia It slot. It Wlll be observed also that'tne pockets volves a case or cabinet designed to be accesare prefiimbly d 1n Parallel rows sible to the public and to which any person located slde by male 1 can go directly, make his oWn selection of h of these pockels or 15 deslgned seats, and enter his subscription Without reto IieCeWe and hoLld a Jacket h quiring the services of aticket-sellerorother g fi be the form? i m 151g a Y person acting for the management. -efer11ng to this figure 1t w1ll be seen that $0 Thevnaturer of the invention will be readily the ticket comprises a relatively long narrow understood from the following description porflon for conv.enlence be When read in connection with the accompanydeslgnated h shank and wldened end ing drawings, and the novel features Will be P 9 6 F abrupt Shoulders at the 190 particularly vpointed out in the appended lunctlon Q safld portlons.5 and P claims. 7 p i 6 of the ticket bears a prlnted designation of In the drawings Figure 1 iispaiperspecfive the number and locatlon of a single seat,wh1le View inusfrafinz so;lowhqt dirwrammqti the part 5bcars printed matter appropriate t V b to the particular entertainment for which the I ticket is provided. Assuminv that the en-' t thls mventloni tertainment consists of a series of Sunday P P YQ VIEW, P y 111 concerts, and that the ticket is a subscriprtion, llustrating certa n structural features ti li ti f seat to the series h h shoWh g- I it may bear such printed matter as that 50 F 1g. 3 1s a vertical SGCtlOHZtlVlQW of porshownin Fig. 4, and Would include a blank for the name and address ofthe subscriber. It might also have a section to be torn ofi atthe line 8 bearing the dates of the several concertsand certain information concerningthem.

The pockets for holding thesetickets, may

conveniently be formed by making the 7 cabinetwith aifront wall 9 andarear wall 10, Figs. 2and, 3, spaced from each other,

and providing slots in the front wall to per mit the introduction ofwthe. shanks of the tickets into the space between the two walls.

The particular method of manufacture may vary considerably, butas shownin 2 the frontwall 9 s, separated from the rear wall 7 '10 by aseriesof vertical bars 12, and the front wall consists of relatively narrow metal strips nailed to these bars, the strips being separated vertically from each other to pro.- vide narrow slots, such as those shown at 13. Each panel also includesa frame 14: which .stifiens the entire structure and makes it more rigid. Portions of the front wall are also covered with paper, cardboard, or other suitable material, on which advertising matter or information relating to the entertainments may be printed or pastedj Each of the slots 13 is made slightly longer than the width of the shank part of the ticket and wide enough to: permit the placing of the'tickets in them in inclined positions, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The length of these slots, however, is substantially less'than that of the wide end 6.0f the ticket so that when the ticket is in one of the pockets or slots,

its shoulders 7 7 will reston-the lower-edge ,of the slot, as shown in Fig. 2. In this posiition the shanks of they tickets extend into the vertical passages or channels formed between] each other the spacing bars 12, overlapping as illustrated in Fig. 3. V 5

.In using this apparatus. the tickets are placed in the case and it is set up in the lobby I 4 of the theatre or opera house-where the public hasfree access to it. A person goes to the "case, takes out the ticketortickets for the seat or seatswhich' he wishesto occupy, signs his name and address on the tickets, and mails them to the manager. Or, he can take them to the box oilice and pay forthem, or drop them into thejbox 16, Fig.1,which is located on one of the panels. His check to pay for the seats'may be sent. with the tickets or forwarded beforethe time namedonthem. If he -desires he may tear 0d the parts of the tickets which contain simply a memorandum of the dates of theconcerts or performances andre- 'tain them for his convenience.

I, g In due time the tickets for: the seats whichhe has pur-- chased are mailed to him, either in one group,

'orthe tickets for each entertainment may be mailed a few days before their respective dates, or may be held to be called for.

The apparatus is particularly useful in rehevmg the management of much of the work which otherwise is involved in making subscriptions. The selection of seats by thepublic isfacilitated since any one can go directly tothe case, see exactly which seats are avail- I able, and choose theparticu'lar seats which he wishes to purchase. Those tickets which have notbeen paid for by the date specified on. the tickets, may be withdrawn fromsub scriptionand sold at the box ofiice in the usual manner. v /Vhile the apparatusisespecially useful in ,handling subscriptionspit can also be used in selling tickets directly subject, of course, to certain safeguards whichneed not be mentioned here. For purposeslof disclosure it has been necessary to show. and describe a particular seating arrangement and a typlcal construction of case or cabinet. It wlll be understood, however, that this disclosure has been made rather byway of illustration than limitation and thatthe invention may be em bodied in a variety of formswithoutgdepart- 'ing from the spirit or scope thereof.

I desire to claim as new is:

1. A ticket case adapted to occupy an up Havin thus described my invention, what .rightlposition and having front and rear walls spaced apart, said frontwalh having slots therein corresponding 1n number and arrangement to the number and arrangement of the seats to be sold, and spacing members connecting said front and rear walls and dividing the space between theminto vertically disposed channels, each slot being adapted to receive -a ticket'with the lowerpart of the ticke-textending into one of said channels and the upper end portion thereof exposed at the frontof the caser 2. A ticket selling device adapted to occupy an upright position and'comprisinga frame, front and rearwall members supported on said frame'and spaced apart,said front wall member having slots therein'opening into the space between saidemembers, saidslots corresponding in number and arrangement to the number and arrangement of the seats to be sold, and spacingmembersconnecting said front and rear wall membersand dividing iment to the number and m. ngement of the seats in an audltorlum with'wh'ich the tickets are to be used, spacing members forconnect- 7 ing said front and rear walls and dividing the space between them into vertically disposed channels, and dummy tickets supported in said slots, said tickets each comprising an exposed portion of lateral extent exceeding the width of a slot, and a shank portion extending into the channel associated with the slot which supports the ticket, each ticket bearing indicia identifying it With the slot in which it is placed, and also bearing a contract agreement.

4. A ticket selling device adapted to occupy an upright position and comprising a frame,

front and rear wall members supported on said frame and spaced apart, said front wall 7 member having slots therein opening into the space between said members, said slots corre sponding in number and arrangement to the number and arrangement of the seats of an auditorium, spacing members connecting said front and rear wall members and dividing the space between them intovertically disposed channels, each of said slots being adapted to receive a ticket with the lower part of the ticket extending into one of said channels and the upper portion thereof exposed at the front of the case, and a sealed i5 container carried by said frame for receiving and enclosing severed portions of said tickets.

' GEORGE E. JUDD. 

